Dead, Alive, Seated

Discussion Questions:

1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you?

2) Paul describes humanity as "dead" in trespasses rather than simply lost or struggling. What changes when you take the word "dead" seriously, and how does it affect the way you understand what God did for you?

3) The enemy's strategy isn't to make people obviously miserable but to keep them satisfied with good things like money, relationships, and community, so they never look past them. Where have you found yourself most tempted to treat a good thing as an ultimate thing?

4) Ephesians 2:6 says believers are already seated with Christ in the heavenly places, not that they will be someday. What would change in your daily life if you actually lived from that settled identity rather than toward it?

5) Paul says we are God's workmanship, created for good works that He prepared beforehand. What does it look like practically to walk into works God has already prepared, rather than inventing your own agenda for serving?

6) Paul wrote Ephesians from a prison cell, with his freedom stripped away, and the letter is full of praise. What does his contentment reveal about where he had placed his identity, and where does your contentment tend to be located?